The files in this series pertain to Mississippi state agencies' compliance with the "Mississippi Administrative Procedures Law" passed in 1977 (Mississippi Code 1972, Annotated, Title 25, Chapter 43, Section 1), which mandates agencies to periodically file with the Secretary of State official statements of rules, regulations, and policies, as well as any changes to rules, etc. The electronic files are mostly word processing (DOC, RTF, and WPD) and portable document format (PDF) files, with a few image (JPEG, TIFF) and email (EML) files as well. All have been converted to PDF files for easier access.